Dept. of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Opens Investigation Into Alleged Anti-Semitism at Chapman University

Hat tip JNS and Ted

The Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Chapman University, a private college located in Orange, California based on complaints of anti-Jewish discrimination and harassment. Not surprisingly, the Chapman chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is involved.

The details can be read here, courtesy of JNA.

I am quite familiar with Chapman in that in the late 1990s, I briefly taught English as a Second Language on campus a couple of terms. I was employed by a private ESL company that held their classes on the Chapman campus.

In addition, over the years, I have attended two interfaith events at Chapman (2008-2009), both of which I posted about here and here.

Chapman, as mentioned in the JNS article, does not classify itself as a Christian university per se though it does have Christian affiliations. Both of the events I attended at Chapman in 2008 and 2009, I believed, were well-intended, but in my view, I was skeptical of the Muslim representatives. As I do with all universities that have SJP chapters, I believe strongly that they should be permanently banned.